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South Africa Scientists H-Index Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology Rankings in South Africa 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Microbiology
lactic acid bacteria
antimicrobial peptides
bacteriocins
probiotics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
48
0.585
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Water Quality
Antimicrobial Resistance.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
65
0.802
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Microbial ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
54
0.684
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Yeast Biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
37
0.597
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
yeast & fungal bioolgy and biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
26
0.464
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Fresh Produce Safety and Quality
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
38
0.717
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Microbiology
water
nanotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
30
0.577
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
HIV/AIDS
Antimicrobial Resistance
Child Health
Global Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
42
0.840
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
wine microbiology
lactic acid bacteria
malolactic fermentation
microbial wine spoilage
biopreservation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
31
0.689
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Environmental biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
34
0.773
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
land reform
agriculture
farm workers
land grabbing
redistribution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
28
0.718
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
33
0.868
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Biotechnology
Microbiology
Enzymology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
25
0.658
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Mycobacteriology
tuberculosis
host-pathogen interaction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
27
0.730
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Microbiology
Water Science
Molecular Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
30
0.882
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Microbiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
26
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Biotechnology
microbiology
biology
bioprocess engineering
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Microbiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
22
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Antibiotics resistance
One Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
21
0.618
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Antibiotic resistance
virulence gene detection
phage therapy and biocontrol
Therapeutic agents
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Microbiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
21
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Biotechnology
Microbiology
Wastewater
Biosensors
Xylanases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
19
0.576
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Neonatal sepsis
Bloodstream infection
Antimicrobial resistance & stewardship
Healthcare-associated infection
Infection preve
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
31
0.969
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
20
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Microbiology
Applied Microbiology
Environmental Microbiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
30
0.968
Leon MT Dicks
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
48
0.585
Microbiology
lactic acid bacteria
antimicrobial peptides
bacteriocins
probiotics
Anthony I Okoh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
65
0.802
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Water Quality
Antimicrobial Resistance.
Don A Cowan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
54
0.684
Willem Heber (Emile) Van Zyl
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
37
0.597
Bernard Prior
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
26
0.464
yeast & fungal bioolgy and biotechnology
Lise Korsten
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
38
0.717
Fresh Produce Safety and Quality
TE Cloete
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
30
0.577
Microbiology
water
nanotechnology
Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
42
0.840
HIV/AIDS
Antimicrobial Resistance
Child Health
Global Health
Maret Du Toit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
31
0.689
wine microbiology
lactic acid bacteria
malolactic fermentation
microbial wine spoilage
biopreservation
Ademola Olufolahan Olaniran
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
34
0.773
Environmental biotechnology
Ruth Hall
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
28
0.718
land reform
agriculture
farm workers
land grabbing
redistribution
Uchechukwu Nwodo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
33
0.868
Johnson Lin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
25
0.658
Biotechnology
Microbiology
Enzymology
Samantha Sampson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
27
0.730
Mycobacteriology
tuberculosis
host-pathogen interaction
Carlos Bezuidenhout
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
30
0.882
Microbiology
Water Science
Molecular Biology
Wesaal Khan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
26
0.765
Kris A. Willems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
Biotechnology
microbiology
biology
bioprocess engineering
Karin Jacobs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
22
0.647
Marthie Ehlers-Van Der Zel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
21
0.618
Antibiotics resistance
One Health
Collins Njie Ateba
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
Antibiotic resistance
virulence gene detection
phage therapy and biocontrol
Therapeutic agents
Stefan Schmidt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
21
0.636
Balakrishna Pillay
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
19
0.576
Biotechnology
Microbiology
Wastewater
Biosensors
Xylanases
Angela Dramowski
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
31
0.969
Neonatal sepsis
Bloodstream infection
Antimicrobial resistance & stewardship
Healthcare-associated infection
Infection preve
Celia Abolnik
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
20
0.625
Abia Akebe Luther King
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
30
0.968
Microbiology
Applied Microbiology
Environmental Microbiology